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Juan Jose Uceda, spokesman for the association of Spanish workers in Gibraltar ASTEG, is arranging for a demonstration to take place in Gibraltar because there is concern in La Linea of job losses flowing from a Hard Brexit. But in Gibraltar there would be opposition to Spaniards staging a demonstration here. Read more

The Government will renew its contact with UK Ministers, MPs and politicians from across the political spectrum as the UK party conference season opens this weekend. This year this takes place against the fluid background of the continuing debate about the proposed departure of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from the European Union. Read more

Yesterday saw Minister of Heritage John Cortes and Museum Director Clive Finlayson unveil a new addition to the Gibraltar National Library with the forensic reconstruction of a modern neolithic female human from around 5,700BC, which is to be displayed immediately for visitors of the Gibraltar National Museum to have a look and see. Read more

While Gibraltar for the last 4 or 5 days has been busy letting off plenty of social and community steam. Panorama can today reveal that the Spanish Government has been doing quite the opposite.

Although some in Gibraltar may not believe it, Madrid still considers Gibraltar one of the most complex and important issues they have on their international agenda. And as you would expect, Madrid will always take every opportunity to get one over the Rock when they think we are not looking! Read more

Younger generations are using English almost exclusively, a fact educators blame partly on social media.

Guy Olivero can quote entire passages from Cervantes’ Don Quijote and works by Shakespeare with equal ease. He reads, speaks and enjoys both Spanish and English, like many other citizens of Gibraltar. His real passion, though, is the work of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, which he reads out to school children on both sides of the border separating Spain from the British overseas territory. Read more

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Westminster yesterday flew the flag of Gibraltar, "as we celebrate Gibraltar’s National Day," said Foreign Office.

Minister for Europe Christopher Pincher was visiting ‘the Rock’ to join in the celebrations, reminding the people of Gibraltar that they are, and will remain, a vital and valued part of the UK family. Read more

With reference to the above recently published in the local media I would like to request the circulation of the following on behalf of our group:

We, at Action for Housing, note with much interest the Government’s recent public announcement on the “Regeneration of Road to the Lines” that will apparently yield 100 studio flats. The Government has described these as being for “low cost rental”. Read more

Promises may come and go; but in the bitter sweet message delivered by our Chief Minister on stage at Europa Point on Monday evening; before the commencement of one of the most beautiful and magical of nights Gibraltar has had the pleasure of experiencing of late; i.e. the Andrea Bocelli concert; I felt we should all of us, want to make the promise of never forgetting what the evening of such exquisite artistry was marking, which was our fifty years since the closure of the frontier. Read more

Loss of women’s free voice

The freedom of speech that Pope Benedict and Pope Francis had so often advocated, has had to be abandoned in the matter of a magazine which was launched in 2012 called “Women, Church, World,” which comes in a monthly supplement in the Vatican daily paper. Read more

There are trees that are known to have roots that sometimes fuse with those of other members of its same species, creating a subterranean intersection of exchange between individual trees, to create a super organism. This is what we have been part of all along as members of the EU with the UK; part of supposedly, a civilized family of nations with a purpose, and goals which included promoting peace; breaking down barriers to trade and borders; promoting inclusion and combating discrimination; championing environmental protection etc. What went wrong? Study shows that when a tree is cut down and only the stump remains, it nevertheless continues to be a participating member of the local super organism. Read more

On the 3rd September 1939 marked the outbreak of World War II, few are aware that it also marks the first major British maritime casualty, the merchant vessel SS Athenia was torpedoed just a few hours after hostilities were declared, with the loss of 128 passengers and crew. To quote Admiral the Honourable The Lord West of Spithead “Although many hundreds of merchant seafarers would meet the same fate in the years to come, 3rd September is now enshrined as Merchant Navy Day, and calls on local authorities to fly the Red Ensign to celebrate a glorious seafaring past and a vital part of the nation’s economic future”. Read more

When Casemates barracks was turned into restaurants and bars, each were allotted terrace space on the square. Each night the tables and chairs would be removed and then placed again next morning. Read more

With people like the CBF about, we will never achieve our goals on the question of our seas

Last Wednesday evening, on Newswatch, we witnessed once again, a high ranking officer, in this case the Commander British Forces Cdr Tim Henry, take us a step backwards. He was very genuinely asked by the Head of News, if he recognized and understood our anxieties over the constant illegal incursions into out British Gibraltar territorial Waters, to which in his reply, he not only went back to the old and well worn chestnut of “safe passage;” but furthermore thought there was nothing unusual about these sort of goings on. Read more

I would like to thank Mr. John Alfred Charles Bromfield FCIPS, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply in his personal capacity for his response to my letter that appeared in Panorama on Wednesday 14th August 2019 entitled: There was a suggestion about the Queen’s Cinema. Read more

Gibraltar is truly blessed. It has a great many influential friends abroad; or certainly well connected; both in the UK and in America. I no longer feel like we walk alone, as I felt some years back when I sometimes despaired at too little engagement. Time as always of course, will see the fruition of good intentions. The relationships fostered and bonds formed have come about through years of lobbying by our Government leaders. This is an indisputable fact! Groundwork and hard graft have gained us this welcome support which must give us much comfort and weight in the political arena. Read more

I would refer to the letter of Mr. Joseph Lezano on the 14th August, referring to recommendation in letter from Mr. John Culatto dated 29th November, 2013, to retain the Queens Cinema and up-date it to the latest standards for the community. Read more

The media loves to have its fun and sometimes enjoys presenting Ministers as inept and comical. But there are those of us who believe that in general; putting aside the quixotic and the eccentric; including one such as Boris Johnson of whom so much derogatory character description has filled the columns of newspapers and political chat; it can be said that there is always a great deal of method behind the apparent, shall we say, quirkiness. Some may even venture to consider they have not come across a man with better motives, for the trouble he causes. Read more

Living close to heaven

The more I look to out hometown and see the infrastructure that has been, and is being laid down for our youth to prosper and thrive, makes me realize that they live in absolute heaven! When once our talented youth had to look to their families primarily to provide for them to go abroad and learn their craft; when many would have given anything to be able to go to university, or as is known today as Uni; let alone their preferred choice of university; this now is a thing of the past! Read more

Reference to GBC news report on TV of the 8TH of August 2019 about The Queen’s Cinema and its imminent demolition. It’s rather hurtful to say the least to hear on TV... “That when the site went out to expressions of interest on October 2017 nobody suggested keeping the cinema building”. Read more

Caramba, who would have imaginate que los curso de San Roque would have been held in our Gibraltar, and in our universiti and introduced por el Chief Minestra, como para volverse loca.

My dear Cloti you have all the reason, porque those cursos de verano , como si fueran de inviemo, are about espanish matters, and if el Instituto Cervante tenia crumbs, lo de San Roque tiene tail. Read more

Climate change is without doubt the hot topic of our times and something I have dedicated time to in previous articles. It has been said that in the last decades, we have done more damage when we have known what we were doing, than we did all these many years ago when we didn’t have a clue. Read more